Valley shut on Maqbool Butt death anniversary

Peoples’ Democratic Party ( PDP) MP Muhammad Fayaz Mir has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking return of the mortal remains of pro- independence Jammu Kashmiri National Liberation ( JKNLF) cofounder Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru to their families.

Butt and Guru were hanged in Delhi’s Tihar jail on February 11, 1984 and February 9, 2013, respectively.

Meanwhile, Kashmir valley was shut on Monday to commemorate the 35th death anniversary of Butt.

Mr Mir, in his letter to the Prime Minister said, “In a country where killers of an elected Prime Minister were granted clemency and their death sentence was commuted, I do not think it is appalling or disrespectful to seek return of mortal remains of two Kashmiri men to their families.”